History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.

History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.

What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.

What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These read more

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.

The past always looks better than it was because it isn't here.

The past always looks better than it was because it isn't here.

One of the lessons of history is that 'nothing' is often a good thing to do and always a clever read more

One of the lessons of history is that 'nothing' is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

The only thing that does not change is that at any and every time it appears that there have been read more

The only thing that does not change is that at any and every time it appears that there have been "great changes.".

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.